KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BANGALORE REGION SEE 2022-2023 CLASS VIII ENGLISH BLUEPRINT

Q.NO SECTION TYPE OF QUESTIONS VSA-MCQ/OBJECTIVE TYPE SA LA MARKS TOTAL

1 A-READING Unssen passage with seven questions, out of 1(7)(MCQ) 7

which one will test vocabulary

2 Unseen passage with 8 questions, out of which 2 1(8)(MCQ) 8

will test vocabulary 15
3 B-WRITING Letter Writing(Formal/Informal) OR Bio sketch 5(1) 5
(100-120 words )Answer any one out of the two
questions given
4 Story writing (120-150 words) Answer any one out of 5(1) 5
the two questions given
10
5 B- GRAMMAR Do as directed -(With Determiners, Tenses, Reported 1(5) 5
Speech, Active and Passive voice etc.)

6 Edit the Passage 1(3) 3

7 Sentence Re-ordering 1(2) 2
10
8 C-LITERATURE An Extract from a Poem(Answer any one out of two 1(3) 3
extracts given)

9 An Extract from the Prose (Honey Dew)(Answer any 1(3) 3

one out of the two extracts given)

10 Comprehension questions from Honey Dew. Answer 2(4) 8

any four out of the six questions given.

11 Comprehension questions from It so Happened. 2(3) 6

Answer any three out of the five questions given.

12 Long answer type question from Honey Dew/It So 5(1) 5

Happened (Extrapolatory) Answer any one out of the
two questions given.
25
TOTAL 23 22 15 60 60
*** Marks are indicated outside the brackets and no of questions inside the brackets.
MAXIMUM MARKS:60 TIME: 2:30 Hrs
Note: CCT Type questions: 1. Unseen Passage: 7 Marks. 2. Literature Extract from Prose: 3 Marks. Total: 10 marks
Portions included from first term (30%)
1. Bio- Sketch (5 marks)
2. Sentence reordering (2 marks)
3. Extract based question (THE LAST BARGAIN) 3 marks
4. Comprehension questions (3 questions. 6 marks)
Term 1 portions (Honeydew and suppl reader) Term 2 portions (Honeydew) 3.A visit to cambridge
Chapters :a) THE TUSNAMI 1.This is Jody's fawn 4.A short monsoon diary
b) THE LAST BARGAIN 2.The duck and the kanagroo 5.On the grasshopper and cricket
c) THE SELFISH GIANT supplementary reader(It so happened)
1. The fight
2. Jalebis